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The town halls are not genuine consultations, but a "travelling road show" designed to create a #FalseConsensus for Premier Smith's #SeparatistAgenda.

"That doesn't mean most #Albertans are separatists," Steward writes. "It just means the #separatists are better at stacking an audience."

choices when they were pivotal for others’ payoffs. This pattern points to a potential #falseConsensus effect or belief distortion mechanism, where participants justify selfish behavior by assuming others are also selfish, rather than attempting to offset others’ selfishness through 5/6

GroupMythThink 2/10
🎭 Once the federation heard the umpires’ version, it became official—regardless of what players saw.
Consensus replaced truth.
Doubt? Not welcome.
#FalseConsensus #InstitutionalTruth #PowerOverFacts

7/9 The danger is clear:

"A significant percentage is not a majority, nor should it be allowed to masquerade as one thanks to push-poll citizen engagement."

Minority sovereignty views are being presented as majority opinion.
#MinorityRule #FalseConsensus

Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe https://arstechni.ca... #conspiracytheories #falseconsensus #misinformation #cognitivebias #psychology #Culture #Science

variation can lead to misunderstandings and debates, as common ground of even the most basic word meanings may not be perfectly shared.

It's important to be aware of possible variations in our daily conversations."

#metacognition #FalseConsensus #Heterogeneity

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